¹I saw, in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book written inside and outside, sealed shut with seven seals.

¹Zvino ndakaona muruoko rwerudyi rwaiye wakange agere pachigaro cheushe bhuku rakanyorwa mukati nekunze kwaro, rakanamatidzwa nemicherechedzo minomwe.

²I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?”

²Ipapo ndakaona mutumwa une simba achidanidzira nenzwi guru; achiti: Ndiani wakafanira kuzarura bhuku, nekusunungura micherechedzo yaro?

³No one in heaven above, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look in it.

³Asi kwakange kusina munhu kudenga kana panyika, kana pasi penyika, wakagona kuzarura bhuku, kana kutarira mariri.

⁴And I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book, or to look in it.

⁴Ini ndikachema zvikuru, nekuti hakuna kuwanikwa munhu wakafanira kuzarura nekuverenga bhuku kana kutarira mariri.

⁵One of the elders said to me, “Don’t weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome; he who opens the book and its seven seals.”

⁵Zvino mumwe wavakuru wakati kwandiri: Usachema; tarira, yakunda Shumba yerudzi rwaJudha, Mudzi waDhavhidhi, kuti izarure bhuku nokusunungura micherechedzo yaro minomwe.

⁶I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.

⁶Zvino ndikaona, uye tarira, pakati pechigaro cheushe chezvisikwa zvipenyu zvina, nepakati pevakuru, Gwayana rimire, rakaita serakabayiwa, rine nyanga nomwe nemeso manomwe, ndiyo Mweya minomwe yaMwari, yakatumwa kunyika yose.

⁷Then he came, and he took it out of the right hand of him who sat on the throne.

⁷Iro rikauya, rikatora bhuku muruoko rwerudyi rwaiye wakange agere pachigaro cheushe.

⁸Now when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

⁸Zvino rakati ratora bhuku, zvisikwa zvipenyu zvina nevakuru makumi maviri nevana vakawira pasi pamberi peGwayana, umwe neumwe ane rudimbwa, nendiro dzendarama dzakange dzizere nezvinonhuhwira inova minyengetero yevatsvene.

⁹They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,

⁹zvino vakaimba rwiyo rutsva, vachiti: Ndimwi makafanira kutora bhuku nekuzarura micherechedzo yaro; nekuti makabayiwa, mukatidzikunurira Mwari neropa renyu vanhu vanobva kumarudzi ose, nekururimi, nekumunhu, nekurudzi rwose;

¹⁰and made us kings and priests to our God, and we will reign on earth.”

¹⁰mukatiita kuna Mwari wedu tive madzimambo nevapristi, uye tichatonga panyika.

¹¹I saw, and I heard something like a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands;

¹¹Zvino ndakaona, ndikanzwa inzwi revatumwa vazhinji vakange vakakomberedza chigaro cheushe nezvisikwa zvipenyu nevakuru; kuwanda kwazvo kwakange kuri mazana nemazana, nezvuru nezvuru,

¹²saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who has been killed to receive the power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing!”

¹²vachiti nenzwi guru: Gwayana rakabayiwa rakafanira kugamuchira simba neufumi nenjere nechiremerera nerukudzo nekubwinya nekurumbidzwa.

¹³I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever! Amen! TR omits “Amen!” ”

¹³Nechisikwa choga choga chiri kudenga, nepanyika, nepasi penyika, nezviri mugungwa nezvose zviri mazviri, ndakanzwa zvichiti: Kurumbidzwa, nerukudzo, nekubwinya, nesimba ngazvive kuna iye ugere pamusoro pechigaro cheushe, nekuGwayana kusvikira rinhi narinhi.

¹⁴The four living creatures said, “Amen!” The TR adds “twenty-four” elders fell down and worshiped. TR adds “the one living forever and ever”

¹⁴Ipapo zvisikwa zvipenyu zvina zvakati: Ameni. Vakuru makumi maviri vakawira pasi, vakanamata iye unorarama nekusingaperi.